Hello,
I just purchased a new graphics card today MSI GTX 970 4GB (Upgraded from a GTX 670) and installed it, but could not get any signal on either hdmi or dvi. After some research I saw that a potential fix could have been to update my motherboard bios (P9X79) since I had the original old drivers for it and it could have compatibility issues with my new card.
After downloading the latest bios update (Windows 10 -64bit, version 4701), I renamed the file to P9X79.ROM myself and copied it onto my newly formatted fat32 4gb usb. Until this point my pc was still able to boot up, just had no display because of new card. I then inserted the usb into the proper white bios port while the pc was off, pressed the button for 3 seconds. The light went on and started flashing for about 3 minutes then stopped. Everything looked like it went well. I then removed the usb and tried turning on my machine, but all I got was a boot loop. Power is sent to everything, lights turn on, fans start spinning (for about half a second) and it all dies. After 2 seconds it keeps repeating this (on /off).
Things I have tried after this:
I put my old graphics card back in.
Tried removing cmos battery for about 7 minutes.
Thinking that the update got corrupted somehow, I decided to put the original version of the bios in the usb. (Gotten from the original dvd I have, the naming was the same). And tried to downgrade back. Things looked successful again. Light flashed for 3 minutes then stopped.
But this did not change anything and the pc still wouldn't boot up. (Boot loop)
I called Asus and they told me to try the next steps:
I removed all components from the motherboard except 1 ram, and also removed the motherboard from the case (I saw it could have been a ground issue). But that did not fix the problem.I also noticed this time that the RED CPU_LED light was turning on when it was trying to boot but could have been there since the start.
I have since put my motherboard back in and don't have any ideas what the problem is. I am pretty sure the flash caused the problem, but no idea how to recover from it.
Thanks.
I just purchased a new graphics card today MSI GTX 970 4GB (Upgraded from a GTX 670) and installed it, but could not get any signal on either hdmi or dvi. After some research I saw that a potential fix could have been to update my motherboard bios (P9X79) since I had the original old drivers for it and it could have compatibility issues with my new card.
After downloading the latest bios update (Windows 10 -64bit, version 4701), I renamed the file to P9X79.ROM myself and copied it onto my newly formatted fat32 4gb usb. Until this point my pc was still able to boot up, just had no display because of new card. I then inserted the usb into the proper white bios port while the pc was off, pressed the button for 3 seconds. The light went on and started flashing for about 3 minutes then stopped. Everything looked like it went well. I then removed the usb and tried turning on my machine, but all I got was a boot loop. Power is sent to everything, lights turn on, fans start spinning (for about half a second) and it all dies. After 2 seconds it keeps repeating this (on /off).
Things I have tried after this:
I put my old graphics card back in.
Tried removing cmos battery for about 7 minutes.
Thinking that the update got corrupted somehow, I decided to put the original version of the bios in the usb. (Gotten from the original dvd I have, the naming was the same). And tried to downgrade back. Things looked successful again. Light flashed for 3 minutes then stopped.
But this did not change anything and the pc still wouldn't boot up. (Boot loop)
I called Asus and they told me to try the next steps:
I removed all components from the motherboard except 1 ram, and also removed the motherboard from the case (I saw it could have been a ground issue). But that did not fix the problem.I also noticed this time that the RED CPU_LED light was turning on when it was trying to boot but could have been there since the start.
I have since put my motherboard back in and don't have any ideas what the problem is. I am pretty sure the flash caused the problem, but no idea how to recover from it.
Thanks.
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